Evidence for curvilinearity in the cancer incidence dose-response in the Japanese atomic bomb survivors

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-94

  Little, M P ^a   Muirhead, C R ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATOMIC BOMB SURVIVOR; CANCER INCIDENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE;

HUMANS; INCIDENCE; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NUCLEAR WARFARE;

EID: 0029957048     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530096145364     Document Type: Article

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